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A sassy cat to hold your earphones

April 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here we see the scamp holding some ear pods, but it doesn't have to hold earphones, as the Etsy page shows jewellery, makeup brushes and all sorts of other small items being hoisted into the air.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Etsy, Japanese genius

Cleverly censored cosplay tights

February 18, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A Japanese illustrator has come up with a clever solution to a cosplay problem. Many anime outfits can be on the skimpy side. While dressing up as a popular character can be fun and empowering it might also be cold and embarrassing.…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cosplay, Japanese genius

Sony backs high school guitar band

March 4, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Does a Japanese all-girl high school band sound like the stuff of anime to you? K-On, perhaps? That’s 3 sets of drums and 5 guitars for the band. They’re called 五五七二三二〇, which I’m told is pronounced, “go go nana ni san ni rei”.…

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: Japanese genius, k-on, sony

Limited edition Godzilla sake

March 5, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Godzilla? Yes and no. This is a $100 limited edition bottle, designed by Ito Shigeaki and based on the 1989 of the kaiju. Do you know what happens if you drink the entire bottle of Godzilla sake too quickly?…

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: food, Godzilla, Japanese genius

8 dangerous items included in the Dark Souls 2 Collector’s Edition

February 11, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Japanese Collectors Edition of Dark Souls 2 is surprising. It is a set of sword and shield replicas. The bundle costs ¥15,800 (£94). In comparison, the UK the Dark Souls 2 CE costs about £79.99 and comes with a 450g Warrior Knight.…

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: Dark Souls, dark souls 2, Japanese genius, models, weapons

Building a real life mecha

May 13, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The video below shows what a small team in a garage can do. This isn’t a DARPA funded project or a big corporation showing off their tech. Nevertheless, this real life mech looks to be remarkable.…

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Japanese genius, mecha

Assault rifles as anime girls – Upotte!! trailer

March 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Based on the manga by Kitsune Tennouji, Upotte! is an anime in which assault rifles have taken on the from of girls. Characters have names like FNC and M16A4. The anime tells the story by following a new teacher at the school where all this is happening.…

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: anime, Japanese genius, Kitsune Tennouji, Takao Kato

Japanese trailer for BRAVE shows a very different film

March 10, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s hard to imagine that this is a trailer for the same BRAVE that we’ve been seeing elsewhere. Tha Japanese trailer, which has made its way to YouTube (watch it before it’s yanked) suggests a film filled with mysticism and magic.…

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: brave, disney, Japan, Japanese genius, Pixar, trailers

Sega find a new business stream – urinal game consoles

January 20, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Did you imagine Sega would return to the hardware business and start building consoles again? Okay. Perhaps you did… for the sake of argument let’s say you did. Did you imagine Sega would start to build $2,000 urinals though?…

Filed Under: Console Tagged With: Japanese genius, sega

Furry cosyplay goes futuretech robotic

November 14, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Japanese inventors are brilliant. This example may, at first glance, look a little odd. A giant and robotic cat head that seems like something that can only be used for furry cosplay.…

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cosplay, furry, Japanese genius, robots

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